A controlled study on the diagnostic accuracy of panoramic and peri-apical radiography for detecting furcation involvement

Table 1 Diagnostic parameters of panoramic radiography for assessing FI

	Experienced clinicians	Trainees	P value	All clinicians
Accuracy	0.231 (95% CI 0.052–0.413) AUC: 0.79	0.186 (95% CI 0.067–0.338) AUC: 0.77	0.257	0.209 (95% CI 0.060–0.376) AUC: 0.79
Sensitivity^a	0.487 (95% CI 0.421–0.553)	0.624 (95% CI 0.515–0.733)	0.049	0.558 (95% CI 0.490–0.622)
Specificity^a	0.842 (95% CI 0.799–0.884)	0.740 (95% CI 0.656–0.824)	0.082	0.791 (95% CI 0.742–0.840)
Positive Predictive Value*	0.534 (95% CI 0.436–0.631)	0.487 (95% CI 0.286–0.689)	0.473	0.511 (95% CI 0.409–0.612)
Negative Predictive Value*	0.796 (95% CI 0.727–0.866)	0.811 (95% CI 0.694–0.928)	0.940	0.804 (95% CI 0.742–0.865)

^aNo to limited FI = FI Grade 0 and FI Grade I; Advanced FI = FI Grade II and FI Grade III, AUC = area under (ROC)-curve

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